Table 1 Mean (standard deviation (sd)) light-dark (L*), red-green (a*) and yellow-blue (b*) values for 5 spot checks on the foreheads of all facial images (n = 30)
FV group | Gender | L* | a* | b* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After |
2 FV portions/day | Male (n = 5) | 61.5 (2.3) | 62.5 (3.9) | 10.9 (1.6) | 10.7 (3.6) | 21.3 (3.9) | 22.5 (3.1) |
Females (n = 6) | 66.9 (4.3) | 68.1 (4.0) | 8.2 (3.5) | 8.3 (2.3) | 19.7 (0.6) | 19.6 (1.1) | |
5 FV portions/day | Male (n = 5) | 62.7 (3.8) | 62.2 (3.3) | 9.1 (2.1) | 8.5 (4.0) | 21.0 (4.4) | 23.0 (3.9) |
Females (n = 4) | 67.1 (3.7) | 67.3 (5.2) | 9.3 (3.5) | 8.8 (2.3) | 18.1 (3.4) | 20.9 (3.8) | |
8 FV portions/day | Male (n = 5) | 62.7 (5.5) | 61.6 (4.9) | 11.7 (6.7) | 13.2 (7.7) | 22.3 (4.1) | 24.5 (6.0) |
Females (n = 5) | 64.3 (4.1) | 62.1 (3.9) | 9.6 (2.0) | 9.5 (2.3) | 19.0 (1.9) | 20.3 (3.3) | |